coincidence?

@SIMPLYD (90721)
Philippines
June 13, 2012 6:06pm CST
As I have discussed in my first post “ANGRY”, I was so angry with my husband when he came home at 5:00 am, drunk . I can’t sleep anymore because of that, so I decided to pray. But it seems my angriness wouldn’t let me focus on my praying. So instead , I opened my laptop and went to the daily meditation at rc.net and was amazed that it was about anger ! It says “Every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment”. I read it and meditated on it . Then, I wrote this. My anger is ebbing . . . . Coincidence? What’s your thought guys on this daily meditation that seemed to coincide with my being so angry?
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13 responses
• United States
14 Jun 12
You should read a science book or search science websites. You're probably angry because he was disrespectful to you. That's a normal human emotion and should be appreciated. Anger is a way of letting you know that something is wrong. Talk to him...tell him he disrespected you, or whatever it is that you're mad about. Praying isn't going to bring you two closer together or make his understand you any better.
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• United States
14 Jun 12
Actually, prayer is statistically a great benefit to marriage, if the couples who pray together. There's an old saying, "The couple that prays together, stays together." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/11/couples-who-pray-together_n_679130.html http://muzlimbuzz.sg/2012/01/26/survey-couples-who-pray-together-stay-together/ http://www.marriagemoment.org/2010/11/couples-who-pray-together.html http://www.newser.com/story/97906/couples-who-pray-together.html
@dfollin (25371)
• United States
14 Jun 12
MatthewUser,Prayer always help's in marriage and everything.Pray to God and He will lead you to people or places that help you with what ever issues you are having.I agree her husband was disrespecting her and she should talk to him.
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
14 Jun 12
Guys, I have already told him ( in my rant to him) what are those that made me angry, and primarily , it's because the drinking spree has become often. In addition, I was afraid his BP might elevate, or his hyper acidity will be triggered again and lastly, i hate it that he would back ride with his office mate who like himself is drunk already. Accidents always happens to those who are tipsy when they drive even if it's a car or a motorcycle. How much more with the motorcycle they are riding? But after this scripture, i prayed . Then, i made this discussions, and my anger dissipated. Prayer is a must for every couple, that i really can say.
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• United States
14 Jun 12
I don't think it was a coincidence, I think it was exactly what you needed to hear at the time.
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@dfollin (25371)
• United States
14 Jun 12
It is God's kind of coincidence.
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• United States
14 Jun 12
My Mom likes to call those God incidences.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
14 Jun 12
I agree with you guys.
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@ladygator (3465)
• United States
14 Jun 12
I am glad that your anger is ebbing. It is hard when you get so angry at your husband. Its especially hard when you become upset and unsure of his actions when he is out at this late hour. I can completely sympathize with you on this because I had a similar situation in the very beginning of my marriage. In the first year my husband stayed out all night with his friends, blew out his tire, had to have his mom come get him and then came home sometime the next day. I was furious. I remember the night that I paced my basement praying fervently and crying to God to help me with this. I knew that we could be okay because God brought us together. It got better and now its amazing. Thats been some work after 10 years. So just hold onto the faith that God brought you together and God will be with you during he hard times.
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
14 Jun 12
Actually, when he wasn't the team leader yet of his branches, he can always reject their invitation. But now that he is the team leader, it seems that he is often drinking , sometimes twice weekly and that angered me last night. For the past weeks he had been having drinking spree, but i just let him. But i guess, he had already been drinking a lot of times these past weeks , so i lost my cool! What is good though with my husband, is when he is tipsy or even drunk, he never bothers me when he arrives. He will blow in the comfort room and everything and would come to the bedroom, once he is done and okay. And he is so jolly and patient when he is tipsy or drunk and would be loving. But last night, i blew my top! Yes, my faith in God is what really keeps us together. I always pray for our marriage. Nice to know that you too my friend , have surpassed that stage of your husband.
@ladygator (3465)
• United States
14 Jun 12
Yes I am happy to have broken through this first phase and am now extemely happy that I did. We are like two peas in a pod now. Both of us feel the same way. I am happy that he is a home body. We only go places together for the most part. We feel lost with out one another, that was the main part that we found when he used to drive truck.
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
16 Jun 12
Nice to know that friend. Indeed, when the both of you are just homebodies, it's not a problem to be entertained even if you don't have the money. Just staying home, watching TV and talking and eating together is enough for the both of you to be already happy. That's how me and my husband is also, my friend.!
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
14 Jun 12
I think it is a sign and it was something you needed to read to help you.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
14 Jun 12
that is great that you are over the argument now good for you
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
16 Jun 12
Actually, i am not into keeping my anger for long, winterose. Once, i have spoken out all what's bugging me, my anger dissipates. And that's specially true with my husband, because everyday should be a loving day to both of us always. God helps us , be that.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
14 Jun 12
Yes, i realized that too winterose. It's God's way of stopping me from getting angry longer. My husband and i were already okay with each other before he left for work at 9am.
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@dfollin (25371)
• United States
14 Jun 12
I think it is God knowing you needed that,so He put it in front of you. I know that when I am having a issue,problem or question about something,usually it's there. Like on Sunday when I get to church,nine times out of ten,the message is about what I need to hear.God is always there for us.
@dfollin (25371)
• United States
14 Jun 12
Maybe not talking to him for a few days.....giving him the silent treatment will give him a chance to calm down and thing about what wrong he did. Good luck!
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
14 Jun 12
I truly agree with you dfollin. This always happens to me too. It's really God telling us something about what we are currently experiencing. It's his way of telling me not to be angry for long, because anyway i have already vented it out. I plan not to talk with him for days, but God cut me short with that scripture.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
16 Jun 12
I usually do that when were still younger. But now that we are older, i realized that the days that i won't be speaking with him, is after all my loss. I wallow in silent anger, and it should be that we should always see to it that we enjoy each day of our lives, because life is short. Right, my friend?
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@no_ming (137)
• Philippines
14 Jun 12
For me, it's not a coincidence it's God's way in answering your prayer it is really for you. If he is in good condition you should talk to your husband and you have to be in low voice as if you are just asking question because you are concern to him. .And share to him what you feel and ask God to give you wisdom so you can talk to your husband in a nice way. Gbu!
@dfollin (25371)
• United States
14 Jun 12
You are exactly right.It's God's way of helping her.He is always there.
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
14 Jun 12
You are both right there , my friend. He may have seen me not focus on praying so he meant me first to read that scripture for the day. Thus, i realized my anger is way too much. We are okay already before he went to work. My husband is an understanding man so he lets me just rant and he justified it also. He knows that when i am angry, i have to vent it out. So he lets me, just as i let him also when he is.
@AmbiePam (93898)
• United States
15 Jun 12
Don't you just hate it when you're fired up about something and then something happens to show you wrong? lol I mean obviously you aren't in the wrong to not like your husband being drunk, but you know what I mean. I don't know how many times I've been feeling something, then I get my Purpose Driven Life devotion in the mail and there is a message that gets me right in the heart.
@AmbiePam (93898)
• United States
16 Jun 12
I agree.
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
16 Jun 12
Yes, that's true. It seems that when it happens like that, you will say WHOA! But this is not the first time too that a "coincidence" like this happens to me. I know that it is God speaking to me, to say "Hey, wait a minute, child"
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• United States
15 Jun 12
that's God talking to you. there's been a lot of times i've gone to work with something on my mind, we watch the daystar and the trinity broadcasting. all the preachers will have something to say about what's on my mind. that's God talking to us. :)
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
16 Jun 12
Yes, my friend, it's indeed God talking to me. Maybe he wants me not to further be angry with my husband, because he knows that my husband is just doing it , for the sake of being accommodating to a staff's invitation.
@voldrox (7191)
• India
14 Jun 12
Hi Simplyd, I believe our Lord has ways to show us what we are supposed to do. Here He tells you not to be angry on your brother, yet sometimes it does happen we cannot control our anger, at such times we can only count on the Lord to take away those feelings and fill us with happiness and joy. We need to forgive others as our Heavenly Father has forgiven us through Jesus Christ.
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
14 Jun 12
Yes my friend, i realized that too when i have finished reading the scripture. I felt guilty being so angry, but i know God understood. Though the scripture implied that i shouldn't be angry for long, because i planned not to talk with my husband for days as my revenge to him. But God cut that plan of mine.
@ybong007 (6643)
• Philippines
14 Jun 12
Well, the statement clearly states the word brother so your anger to your husband is not covered . But the good thing is at least it subsided your anger upon seeing that article. Besides, who can blame you for being angry of him for risking his life back riding in a motorcycle. Geese, i bet the driver is as drunk as him. Better be angry rather than end up crying if something untoward happened.
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
14 Jun 12
It's good that you agreed with me in my getting angry, ybong! Oh no, brother in the bible connotes everybody. So he is included. And i was angry too, for that office mate of his , who is an addict in drinking. And to think that he himself has high blood pressure! He is even the one who always invite my husband in drinking spree.
@asdomencil (4265)
• Philippines
14 Jun 12
Sometimes yes, I do believe in some coincidental situation. Perhaps that is the reason why you cannt focus on your praying because you need to open the laptop and go to your daily medication and will read about anger.
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
14 Jun 12
No, i was so angry so i cannot focus on praying. So, i decided instead to go to my daily scripture and that was what the topic is! The moment, i read what's it all about i was shocked. I was guilty. So i prayed for calmness and understanding. Then, i did my discussions on my anger and the anger slowly dissipated .
@freymind (1351)
• Philippines
14 Jun 12
God and his words has always been with us for a very long time. I don't think its coincidence but something that is purposely laid out to you so that you won't be consumed by your anger. I sometimes open the Bible when I feel lost and just open it on a random page and still I get a message from God. This is true especially if the situation you are tend to let you stray from him or your good judgment. Its good that you meditated on the words you've read and your anger is subsiding. I hope that your husband will not make you angry again so that it will not affect your marriage.
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
14 Jun 12
That's very true my friend. God gave me the scripture as the reading for that day, because he knows what i am undergoing. He doesn't want me to be consumed by my anger.
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
14 Jun 12
hi D, "GOD MOVES IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY" words and song by William Cawper pronounced "Cooper", it's no coincidence , read his story here ( although unsubstantiated, I still believe God really works that way) and hope you like it http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/g/m/gmovesmw.htm
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
16 Jun 12
Yes, louievill, i do believe that too!